Collegiate/Alumnae newsletters

[texas*princess]

I bumped up a thread in the Alumni Relations Forum about chapter newsletters.

I got the idea from my boyfriend's fraternity chapter that sends the members of their alum. association (and other brothers not in the alum association that they still have current addresses for) a monthly newsletter that includes things like greek happenings on campus (greek week events, homecoming events, new greek expansion news), random campus news, brother's birthday's, engagement announcements, officer reports, event calendars and a blurb or two about the financials of the chapter.

Their chapter alum. association is very active with the chapter (and the chapter/alum relations are very strong). I talked to my boyfriend who is in their alum association and he said the Alumni Relations chair is the one that coordinates the newsletter and has it sent out.

Is this something that should be done on both sides? (i.e. a newsletter from collegiate to alumnae and one from alumnae to collegiates). I think it would help in strengthing our ties with the chapter if we let them know on a regular basis what we've been up to, and that we're around to help them out.. maybe some contact info for collegiates who want to get in touch w/ us who may be interested in joining the alum association after graduation, or those who may be interested in attending one of our events to "check us out".

*sigh* this post is a lot longer than I had hoped!

So I guess my question to you ladies is - is this something your collegiate or alumnae association does? If so, do you feel it is a successful communication tool?